Some Tropi-Care Products Reviews

Wasatch

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Got some samples from Steve a few weeks ago. Had some nicer weather today, so I decided to give them a try. All products were used on my white X and a friends Black Protege 5.



First Up:



Premium Wheel and Tire Cleaner



Its kind of a gold/amber color with a not to bad scent. When I recieve this in the box the sprayer was separate. The tube was also detached, I placed them together and put the bottle away. Well, today when I went to use it the sprayer did not work, had to go out and buy a new spray bottle. This pissed me off. The product sez to spray on tire and wheel and let sit for about 1-2 minutes. Went around the X and did this. The stuff works real well, it started dissolving the brake dust basically on contact. After the time was up I hosed down the wheels/tires with some water and both were very clean. My X's wheels were not that bad, but the Protege's were alot worst. The chrome on her wheels came out very shiney. This is a very nice product, but something has to be done about those sprayers.



Premium Tire and Rubber Dressing



This product is clear/oily with a mild solvent scent. I had to apply this to a sponge, before applying to the tires. I guess the more you put on the sponge the wetter the look on the tire. The first few tires I did, I only put a little on the sponge and kind of got a matte finish. To me it did not look that good, so I put more on the sponge, WOW the tires came out really wet looking, way wetter then the #40 I've been using. The product takes a little while to dry though, but you can buff off the access, but it still leaves a very wet look.



Premium Detail Spray



This product is clear with a citrus scent. Well, on my white X it was real hard to see where I sprayed. It wipes on/off real easy. It left a nice pop on the finish. Well, long story short, but I did my friends black Protege 5 about 3 weeks ago. #80, CMW, full exterior and dash/console interior all by hand about 5 hours of work. Told her not to go to a car wash, I will give her some EO car wash, well she did go. When I started watering the car down, there was no beading what so ever, I was pissed. Well, after the wash/dry I applied the Detail Spray. I'll tell you what, the hood looked like a mirror. This stuff did an awesome job on what I would say just a plain ole finish. When she came out, she just said WOW! what did you do? Well, I wanted to surprise her, but she came out just when I finished the QD. I only went over to her place to wash and try out these samples. But I wanted to see how this stuff looked on black. All I can say is this stuff is amazing, worth the money.



Overall these are some very nice products. Would recommend them to all. The only thing is those sprayer's on the Wheel/Tire Cleaner have to be better.
 
John,



How does the Tropicare QD compare lets say to CleaKote's Quick Shine QD? Let us know as I am always in search of of better QD!



Cheers,
 
I also have some Quick Shine, the Tropi-Care stuff might just be a little bit shinnier or gives more pop to the paint. As you know Quick Shine has no scent, and I like to have a scent in my QD. Quick Shine is some awesome QD for the price. If you got the money, try the Tropi-Care QD, I'm sure you will like it, probably alot.
 
I've been griping about those sprayers for a while. Steve changed the one on the QD bottles, at least he had before I moved out of TX. I dont know if they're still changed or not. We've had several conversations about them tho and I dont think he is real happy with them either.



You're right on your assessment of the tire dressing tho. It's very nice stuff. You can get about any look out of it you want. I always go for the "super bling" look where it looks like the tires are dripping, that way the stuff tends to last longer. I'm going on 3 weeks now and havent retreated (And have washed twice) and the tires have a nice black finish too them. Not shiny, just black.



Oddly enough, and I may be crazy, but I swear I think this stuff layers. Cleaning the tire vigorously with a chemical tends to make you have to use more to get the shine back. Wiping it with a sponge and some car wash to get the surface dirt off and retreating seems to take a lot less product.



The wheel cleaner I agree is good stuff. The QD, well, Im not a real big QD fan.. I'd rather just do a full wash. Saves me money on QD in the long run :)
 
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Before



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After



Note that the tire isnt quite dry yet, thus some minor streaking going on.
 
That's the look on the tire. I did one tire, with a bunch of this stuff, looks like it was dipped in salad oil, super wet looking.
 
John Styrnol said:
That's the look on the tire. I did one tire, with a bunch of this stuff, looks like it was dipped in salad oil, super wet looking.



Next time you wash, don't use any chemical on the tire and getting the look back will be a lot easier. It does take a bit on the intial application to get the "super bling" look but afterwards, it's much easier as long as you dont strip it all off.
 
Thanks. I usually never put any chemical on the tires when washing, this was the first time with the Tropi-Care stuff.
 
Update: It's been 6 days with 1-2 days light rain.



The QD still looks pretty shiny, not too much dust/crud for that period of time. I QD'd it today with some Last Touch.



The Wheels still look pretty clean.



The Tires/Trim still almost look as wet as they did 6 days ago. The dressing really penatrates the surfaces real well. #40 after a week never looked this good.



I'm really happy with the QD and especially with the Tire/Rubber Dressing.
 
I really like TC products.I used then a few times with great results.The polish is REAL good not to mention the swirl cutter.No problem at all BUT with all the productsout in the market TC gets lost in the sause.That is just my opinion
 
You are right on Alan81. TC does make some really good products. Today I will be putting some Polish and some Tire Dressing on a friends car.
 
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